Annual Report 2019-2020

6 many articles on matters pertaining to this on his DV-blog and for Kjarninn, for instance about road tolls, the wage matters of low-wage earners in welfare jobs and the state’s program of action in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. He is now the vice chairman of Gildi – pension fund into which the members of Efling pay their dues. Sara has worked on the thorough monitoring of the Efling directory of members by installing a “dashboard” which shows key information regard- ing the directory and the distribution of members by, for instance, profession, gender and ethnicity. The installation of such dashboards for the inner- most operations of the union, which facilitates the access of administrators and employees to useful information. Cooperation with ASÍ on an extensive investigation into rights violations in the Icelandic labor market took place. ASÍ led the investigation and issued a report on its findings in August of 2019. The investiga- tion involved an analysis of the wage demands which Efling makes of employers and questionnaires among The office of the chairman was created with organiza- tional changes to the office of Efling on September 2 nd of 2019, which had the aim of clarifying the division of labor and improving the management of the office. Collective agreement negotiations, research, connec- tions with collaborators and counter-parties in the labor market and in the labor movement, administra- tion of the boards and councils of Efling and work- place inspection visits. RESEARCH Efling has two employees working on research: Sara S. Öldudóttir who works full-time and Stefán Ólafsson whose employment ratio is 50%. Much of their work consists of compiling summaries and drafting memos for the chairman regarding wage negotiations and the role of the union in several interests within and outside the labor movement. Stefán Ólafsson has kept a close eye on the inter- ests of workers, particularly as they relate to the actions of the government in the aftermath of the Quality of Life Agreement. Stefán has written THE OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN EXTENSIVE WORK DURING TURBULENT TIMES